🇮🇱 Israel and the double standard

🔗 Fight Back Podcast

🇷🇺🇺🇦 NEW: Russian forces recently advanced northeast of Siversk during a reinforced company-sized mechanized assault. (1/3)

The Ukrainian brigade that repelled the assault reported that Russian forces used six tanks, three armored personnel carriers (APCs), six MT-LB armored fighting vehicles (AFVs), an armored recovery vehicle, 12 civilian vehicles, two buggies, and 41 motorcycles.

Russian forces have long attempted to seize Siversk and have consistently attacked along the front line in the Siversk direction since at least Summer 2024.

Other Key Takeaways:

Russian forces appear to be using armored vehicles more frequently in some tactical attacks after a decrease in the use of armor since Winter 2024-2025.

The Kremlin reasserted its unchanged commitment to achieving its long-standing war aims in Ukraine that amount to nothing short of Ukraine's full capitulation, undermining Russia's diplomatic posturing.

Ukrainian forces recently killed a Russian commander in the Velykyi Burluk direction.

Russian forces recently advanced near Siversk, Toretsk, and Novopavlivka and in western Zaporizhia Oblast.

https://fxtwitter.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1949591369929961936

🇺🇦🇷🇺 Another Ukrainian drone strike inside Russia, likely targeting a railway traction substation in the Volgograd region. The strike caused a visible fire. Some reports mentioned a nearby oil refinery, but our analysis points to the substation. More details in the thread:

🧵 https://fxtwitter.com/Tatarigami_UA/status/1949303401516568803

🇮🇱🇺🇸 AIPAC dropped support for U.S. Congressman, Randy Fine, after his repeated calls to starve the population of Gaza.

🔗 https://newrepublic.com/post/198516/aipac-drops-gop-representative-starving-kids-gaza

🇹🇭🇰🇭 Thailand and Cambodia agree to 'immediate ceasefire'

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an "immediate and unconditional ceasefire" after five days of fighting at their border killed at least 33 people and displaced tens of thousands.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yl9l60e3no

🇺🇸 Trump on Epstein: "I never went to the island... I never had the privilege of going to his island."

🔗 Disclose

🇺🇸🇬🇧 REPORTER: Will you visit London during your state visit?

POTUS: "I will. I'm not a fan of your mayor... I think he's done a terrible job, the Mayor of London. He's a nasty person."

🔗 Rapid Response 47

🇺🇸🇷🇺 Trump sets new "deadline" for Putin to "10 or 12 days from today... we just don't see any progress being made."

🔗 Disclose

🇺🇸🇷🇺 Trump "not so interested in talking anymore" with Putin.

🔗 Disclose

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱 President Trump acknowledged that children are experiencing “real starvation” in Gaza during a meeting with UK PM Starmer.

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🇬🇧🇪🇺🇦🇺 Things you've missed.

>UK talks about Banning VPNS
>Russia Talks about Banning VPNS
>Cloudflare asked to ban VPNS in UK
>Kids bypassed the age verification with AI generated pictures or fortnite characters making me believe that in the future facial scan will be removed in favor for ID verification only.
>Itch io removed thousands of games.
>Horror games are now banned. You've mentioned Mouth wash but fear and hunger also got banned
>collective shout claims innocence they never wanted this, asks people stop engaging with them
>EU is passing a digital safety act next year which is the reason the sites are restricted
>Australia is passing an act too which is just as draconic if not more so than the one in UK
>Protests and anti imigration topics including a speech in the UK parlament by a politician is labled as "not safe for kids, despite kids at the age of 16 will be able to vote in UK"

🔗 Vee

🇺🇸🇪🇺 EU admits it can’t fulfill $600 billion investment promise to the U.S. — just hours after making it

During trade talks, the EU pledged to invest $600 billion into the American economy. But as Politico reports, just a few hours later, Brussels admitted it doesn’t have the authority to make such a commitment.

Ironically, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán pointed this out earlier today. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

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🇲🇽🇺🇸 Seth Harp on X: Mexico is not the only country where the military and police are the real power behind the illegal drug trade. This exclusive excerpt from my book for Rolling Stone shows how cops and soldiers ran the whole cocaine trade in the Carolinas – until they started killing each other

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/fort-bragg-cartel-murders-1235394302/

https://archive.is/51qX1

🔗 Seth Harp

🇺🇸 Politico writes that the U.S. could withdraw 20 000 of the 60 000 soldiers it has based in Europe.

The official announcement is expected in a couple of weeks

🔗 Visegrad24